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    2 months ago

    Leftist coalition wins election

    Liberal “democracy” refuses to move an inch leftward and hands over power to right-wingers instead

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        If that finally gets libs to organize then sure. Electoralism in a liberal “democracy” is only good for some campaigning. It’s not like they’d ever let a leftist come into power even if they win as we can see here.

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        I tell people not to willingly and consciously support anyone responsible for Genocide by voting and advocating for them. Thus justifying the Genocide by the politicians. Since those voters recognized and accepted it, and willingly endorse it.

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    Liberals - “Who could have called this?!”

    Leftists - “We’ve been saying this for centuries now.”

    Scratched Liberals - “Yea but you deserved what you got”

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    Can we stop trying to make electoralism work already? A capitalist system will never let real leftists come to power even if they win; they wouldn’t allow people to vote if it did.

    Organizing and applying pressure from outside it for a revolution is and has always been the only way. Liberals will align with fascists long before ever moving left, as they always have.

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      The mistake of this logic is to believe that this betrayal of electoral logic won’t radicalize people. It is a necessary step. There are now 11 Million French people, many of which probably don’t believe much in electoralism but vote anyway, who are furious at what’s happening.

      People don’t change their mind listening to arguments, they change their mind living experiences. The experience of joy after winning, followed by the disregard of democratic logic by Macron, will mobilize an insane amount of popular energy, contrary to snarky “electoralism doesn’t work” comments that are relatable only to a microscopic niche of edgy, maximalist leftists.

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          leftist might be a bit derogatory, but it’s not really an insult, come on.

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        This smacks of accelerationist rhetoric to me. We absolutely can help people to understand that electoralism doesn’t work without them having to experience some sort of revelatory moment. But it needs us to log off and talk to people in real life.

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      Nah, tons of leftists right here on this site used to be libs. In the U.S. at least, I’d say most leftists went through a lib phase at some point.

      I don’t think calling libs fascists-in-waiting, moderate fascists, etc. moves many people in the right direction. People match spite with spite. It should be reserved for those we have no hope of bringing around, not us 10 years ago.